Ocean Beach

It’s back! On Saturday, Ocean Beach will host the 34th annual Sandcastle Contest put on by Leap | Arts in Education. The contest pairs elementary school classes with professional contractors, engineers and architects to design a sandcastle that gets built… Continue Reading →

If you haven’t spent much time on OpenSFHistory.org, remedy that immediately! It’s a fantastic collection of historic photos from a private collector that the Western Neighborhoods Project is hard at work digitizing, and sharing with the world. Here are a… Continue Reading →

On Wednesday morning around 11am, a fully-clothed woman was pulled from the water at Ocean Beach near the intersection of Great Highway and Lincoln Avenue. National Park Service officials pulled the victim, an Asian woman in her 40’s, to shore… Continue Reading →

Reader Suzanne D. shot this video near Sutro Baths on Wednesday. “There was a crazy seagull feeding frenzy today at Sutro Baths/Seal Rocks. No idea what was in the water, but never seen anything quite like it there,” Suzanne said.… Continue Reading →

Officer Tracy Turner was called to an unusual duty on Memorial Day – babysitting a stranded sea lion on the Ocean Beach promenade. A call came into the Richmond District station around 2am on Monday morning to report that a… Continue Reading →

The promenade wall at Ocean Beach, specifically the ocean-facing side, is a notorious graffiti magnet. But one ambitious artist recently jumped the wall near the Cliff House to, well, butt into things. This photo was taken last Saturday so we’re… Continue Reading →

The National Park Service (NPS) is nearing the tail end of a 15 year process to define, review and implement new rules about where and how dogs can access the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). The GGNRA includes several… Continue Reading →

Happy Tuesday, Richmond District! Here are some local links to distract you from what you’re supposed to be doing… We came across the fun video above showing a Boy Scout troop parading down Geary Boulevard in 1961. What do you… Continue Reading →